A cold gleam flashed through Song Wen's eyes.
Three months ago-wasn't that precisely when You Xiao had reported the news of the Lightning-Avoiding Divine Willow to him?
At the time, Wu Jin had just reported the news of the Lightning-Avoiding Divine Willow to the sect. By rights, submitting such important intelligence would likely earn him a reward, so he ought to have been in good spirits. Why, then, had he seemed "gloomy"?
Wu Jin was, after all, an Integrated Body Realm Cultivator. He should have been able to keep his emotions from showing. Yet even Ji Shao had noticed his "gloominess," which meant Wu Jin must have encountered something exceptionally troublesome.
More intriguing still, Wu Jin had not asked the sect for help.
With the Divine Blood Sect's influence in Cangwu Province, what problem could it not resolve?
Unless...
The trouble Wu Jin faced had come from within the Divine Blood Sect!
Song Wen suppressed his various conjectures, allowing none of them to show on his face, and spoke calmly.
"As an outer sect elder of our Divine Blood Sect, Wu Jin was stationed in Cold Moon City for many years under orders. His hard work and contributions were considerable. Now that he has disappeared, our Divine Blood Sect naturally cannot stand by and do nothing. Ji Shao, deploy more people to search for Elder Wu Jin over the coming days. You may also offer a generous reward for information on his whereabouts."
"I have already dispatched people to search, but so far, we have found no clues whatsoever," Ji Shao said with some regret.
"Do all we can, and leave the rest to fate." Song Wen changed the subject. "Ji Shao, as Wu Jin's assistant, do you know anything about the Lightning-Avoiding Divine Willow?"
As soon as Song Wen